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UPWllrd. Belonging to .lind suppom n£ a strong union,
especially ot tbe local level, carl nt:lp to mmllnlZC
the ncg.al\vc Imp3C I of fa c tou thul :Ire eonewlled
by thc corponue boa rdrooms. Rest assured th:H
ovt:rwhelmJngly these (:QrporllU~ entllies a re con·
cerned with pr ofi es fi rst and furemost, and they
lire not pro-boo, Thai's why we need 10 nay
uOllcd to stay strong.
See you 8 1 the next mc-clmg'
WILLIAM M PATLMO"", p,S
Federal Salaries, Displaced
Workers Are Topics
L.U. 2 145 1&0\'11, VALLEJO , CAl.-Greetmgs.
Brethren, front V.llh~,o . Changl' seems to holve
become an :almost continuous In tor In OU I (!)Cal
The VICC presIdent and Ihe new 8e(:reta'1' havc
bolh reSigned II un'! slways cas)' to be ;1 Uillon
ofRcer. SOmCllmes you run IOto flak.
How aooul recommendauOlls fOf pay ralSCS lor
fede ral employees? None of that pe tty cash, 3
pCfCenl sluff. I'm talking about 70 perCent, 80
pl:Iccnt. How does Ihat sound? Someone R.n.1lly
lOok a re.1ll00k :\1 fede ral w (lgl:'i. The,), found same
real hardship cases. A column on thiS subJcct nlJll:d
:a 40 percent loss In buymg power Since 1969 ITdl
Ille nbout 1t.1 The column noted: " Lo w Pay Will
Not Aurac t The Uc:.;t Pcople"
Let me. teU you hew I hnmUed 'he oeficlt!ncy in
illY s3luy. I had accUn'lulatcJ ~I shoe box full of
$20 kl1l1s. This was Intend~d II) be a consol:llion
to me m myoid age. I found myself supplcmen l lng
Illy sal3'1' by c::ashtng an occasional 520. When I
emptied the boll, 1 reahzed that I could no longer
afford my i b, Sumlt go\'crnmcnt employees lea/J}'
do bave financial problems. I was glad to see that
someone IS concerned.
A5 1 read on. I read oct word Ihat would hOlY'::
Glsqua.lJfied me Thecaption oVl:r t be other column
rcad ~ " Panel Urges RaiSes of 60 to 80 Pe leent for
Federal Elite," I've been e.alled 11 lot of Ihlng~
durHlg my hlellme-mistu. sir-hut never dlte
How about yuut Wht:te don that tuve your l 'U
tell you where J pelc~ t . 1£ you are lucky.
Huw iIIWul .. 11:1"-.111 ull Ulun:. ,u[. c.\IlU1(!)? \"" e ~ I e
51111 expomng jobs and Impatllrig peoplC'! , Dau
lteypunch 0pclilors In the Barbados ale doing work
thai ba~ formerly been done In Tulsa In Barbados
.8 keypunch Opt-fII tOI eams S50.:ill week. It was ntlled
thllt the potcntial for exporung white collnl lubs
IS enormouS. C lcri cal and Qthcl service jobs .arc
being; transferred to counln~ wll h chell' labor.
The Amcncan worker IS on the vcrgc of becalmng
an endOlngc lcd species.
Every m:lJo l c.lly h~s stn:et people. In S:m Fr:1ncisco
It IS cSllmated thcre m ust be about 5,000)
lind Ihe nUl'rJber IS mcrcaslIlg. 1\ man loses his job,
ond be can ' t plIy hiS rent, Ius huusc pay m ents, or
Ius car. Wnerc dou ne w ind up? There arc fn m illes
hvmg 011 the Jtreen. The ne w IIcnC lallon of street
p~ople afe du.: di splaced workers of our urnesthe
economic \·t.{ugCts. Ar\\l:nCLll'" whoQnc.c workeu
And pald taxes. Thcy lost Ihelr lobs. This I S typlco1 l
today AT&T leccntly announced Ihe compa ny
w"" t'ilmLnllllllf: '7,400 Inh~,,('nrr~ 1 Mnrnr ..,
45,000. Som~ 01 those pcople lIf~ going to be In
serious trouble. What bappUlS whcn your money
runs OUt and you can't pay bllisl
11 the elite 15 gorng lO take the credit fo r the
successn of thl! admmLSuauon, who among thcm
Isgomg 10 IIccept lhe responSibility for the failuresr
What IallurC:5l Ho w about the eonunued export of
American lndUJtryl How about th~ casualtlcs reo
.suillng: from plant doslngsr
losF.rtl ~f AVONF, JIl , P,!\.
An Informed Member
Makes a Better Union
L U. 2213 (tl, WAS tUNGTO .,,1IlLS. N.'\'.-Cun·
gr;ttul3,llons 10 t: \' eryon~ wh o made it through
J986! It was a year full of changes for everyOne.
Now the lob fo r every umon me.mbc-r IS 10 nlllke
1987 the bcJl poSSi bl e'. [",ery UnlOIl member must
try to keep abrcast I'll the numCIOU9. ch.ang'.!. ~h 'l
will be taking pl oce.
Ou r biggest resolution s ho uld be to try to ad jusl
our thlnk1llg 10 uur Dt!W contucl. Com we do 111
Ch :mgl: is hard on everyOne. The eontr.lct VOl t was
su dosc, Ihere alc many pcople wbo don' t want
tn~e ch:ll't,ll,cs, Tht unJ.erlYlPgeultl':nt Will be filled
with gL'Umbh ng, but remember we arc all In Ihe
ume bOll
Try tl) undcl:n:mo the wOJkmgs of lht Rc,'"
conllact Gu to your steward 01 Executive B o~ud
""lth problems 01 dl~atl:>fll c. ll on .. Tn In kC.'l:Jl lin
:I.rnlabie wOl kplace by (jucl1chlOl: Ihl.: ::.mJlllhcs In
,be begmnlng by gl'lIInE Iht bets. Read the IIlCI '
lItu rC'! thllt the c.ompany rr(lvldCs In rcg:ud to you I
bendils_ There :m,' so many mill t changes. e p